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Hilda Bastian

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Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/

#MetaScience #SystematicReviews #Epidemiology #ClinicalTrials #Grief #Vaccines #Wikipedia #History #HistSci #Science #OpenScience #OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Mar 09, 2026

Adjusting to the Changing Internet

When ads flooded some parts of the internet, I adjusted by avoiding those places when I recognized the signs—or hitting the back button quickly when I hadn't. When "AI" scrapers led to an explosion of sites making me wait while checking if I'm a robot, I got used to it, though it's a drag. And so on it goes. Now it seems cyber surveillance could advance in ways that might require bigger behavioral adaptation.

https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/adjusting-to-the-changing-internet/

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Mar 02, 2026

The rose is hands down the prettiest flower in the rain today 😍

#BloomScrolling

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Mar 01, 2026
News-packed update on nextgen Covid vaccines this month at my @PLOS@mstdn.science blog: - Phase 2 results for a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine from Japan with a phase 3 trial recently closed off - Preclinical results for an intranasal "universal" vaccine that provided some protection from coronaviruses, H1N1 flu, some bacterial infections, and an asthma allergen - Opportunities to participate in intranasal vaccine trials in Finland and the US And much more: https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/03/01/progress-for-universal-vaccine-more-nextgen-covid-vax-news-update-no-38/ #Vaccines #Covid #Covid19
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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Feb 20, 2026

For #BlackHistoryMonth, I've written about a remarkable woman who blew me away. Meet Dr Catharine Deaver Lealtad (1895-1989) in my new post @PLOS@mstdn.science 1/2
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/02/20/dr-catharine-d-lealtad-1895-1989-an-outspoken-life-of-humanitarian-action/
#BHM

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Feb 13, 2026
My best photo yet of a native Blue-Banded Bee! 😍 😍 😍 It doesn't do the brilliance of the blue justice, though. They are buzz pollinators, so as usual, I heard it before I saw it. (Buzz pollinators shake the pollen off by vibrating — it's a loud buzz!) More about them here: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-with-bec-crew/2014/09/blue-banded-bee-a-native-beauty/ #WildOz #Bees
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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Feb 09, 2026

Cartoonists Keep Meeting the Moment

So many people in a position to do something are failing us, when it matters the most. The disappointments in cultural and political leadership just keep rolling in. Some parts of the culture keep meeting the moment, though—including many prominent political cartoonists. The assignment is to speak truth to power, and it takes an enormous amount of courage: Stepping on a…

https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/cartoonists-keep-meeting-the-moment/

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Feb 03, 2026

A lot to think about in my annual roundup of peer review research:

— AI, mostly bad, but some suggestions of ways it may help

— State of evidence on financial incentives for peer review

— Studies on the influence of editors' biases

& more on equity and diversity, & librarians & systematic reviews

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/02/02/5-things-we-learned-about-journal-peer-review-in-2025/

#PeerReview #MedLibs

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Jan 31, 2026
Another vaccine approval and more in my latest next generation Covid vax update: - Self-amplifying mRNA vax Kostaive approved in the UK - New trial for a mucosal vax on the starting blocks in Finland - Some results from AstraZeneca phase 1 trial for mRNA vax - 11 preclinical reports, including 2 for mucosal pancoronavirus vaccines https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/01/31/another-approval-and-more-nextgen-covid-vax-news-update-no-37/ #Vaccines #Covid #Covid19
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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Jan 24, 2026

Now * this * is some high quality blog spam! 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Jan 22, 2026

Tuberose — such a cool, sweet-smelling customer in the summer heat! 😍

#BloomScrolling

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Jan 08, 2026

This photo is from camping a few years back—one of the major out-of-control fires in our area is burning there. 😢

We're into day 2 of >40 C (100 F), in catastrophic fire risk for another day at least.

Ready to evacuate if the wind turns in our direction. 😬

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Jan 04, 2026

@donaldball@triangletoot.party @Daojoan@mastodon.social Yes, there are so many domain extensions, there can be imposters, too.

First hit me when I was writing about grief. A key writer in the field died young and wasn't in the Internet archive either. Then a really unique post by a rabbi that I so wanted to read...same problem: Died young.

Tough for doing history and biographical work, too. So much lost!

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Jan 04, 2026

“Blogging in the Ruins”—Some Counterpoints

As of this month, I've been blogging—with words and cartoons—for 14 years. My enthusiasm for it has waned at times, but it always comes back. So when Joan Westerberg posted The Case for Blogging in the Ruins, I clicked quickly. And I anticipated being quick to agree with her case, too. Which I did, but not entirely. The post is a great read.

https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/blogging-in-the-ruins-some-counterpoints/

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Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian
Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online

Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https:// hildabastian.wordpress.com/ # MetaScience # SystematicReviews # Epidemiology # ClinicalTrials # Grief # Vaccines # Wikipedia # History # HistSci # Science # OpenScience # OpenSocialWeb

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@hildabast@mastodon.online · Oct 24, 2025

Just saw a job ad that encapsulates several things I love about the German language. Especially this:

eine*n neue*n Informationssicherheitsbeauftragte*n

😍

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